Hair waving and drying apparatus.



HANNAH JACOBS & HARRY JACOBS..

HAIR WAVING AND DRYING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 14. 1916.

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HANNAH JACOBS AND HARRY JACOBS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAIR WAVING AND DRYING APPARATUS.

Application filed December 14, 1916.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that we, HANNAH Jaoons and HARRYJames, citizens of the United States, and residents of New York, in thecounty of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Hair Waving and Drying Apparatus, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in hair waving and dryingapparatus in which the hair is moistened, wound upon a stem and dried ina drying chamber or compartment.

Numerous devices of said character have been manufactured but none ofthem employ the method for drying the hair that is embodied in ourinvention.

VVit-h the devices now in use a very long time is consumed in drying thehair upon the stem. The subject generally setting from two to four hoursdepending upon the amount or quantity of hair waved at an operation.

It is to reduce this operating time to a minimum that we have devisedour apparatus.

We accomplish this object by providing a device by the use of which hotair is forced, under pressure, through the drying chamber of theapparatus, around the moistened hair which is wound upon the stem. Theforced hot-draft speeds the drying process considerably and reduces thetime of sitting.

In the drawings which illustrate our improvement Figure 1 is a view,partly in section, of the distributing drum or head attached to an airheating and driving element; Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the dryingmember, engaging a stem with hair wound upon it and which is connected,by means of a flexible tube, to the distributing head or drumhereinafter fully described; Fig. 3 is an end view of a split head whichengages in one end of the drying member; Fig. 4c is a similar view butshowing the two parts separated; Fig. 5 is a side view of said head andFigs. 6 and 7 are enlarged detail views which will be hereinafter fullydescribed.

Figs. 2, 3, 4L andb are approximately full size. Similar referencenumerals refer to similar parts throughout.

The apparatus comprises essentially the drying member illustrated inFig. 2 which Specification of Letters Patent.

air driving mechanism 19.

Patented Nov. 6, 191?.

Serial No. 137,026.

is formed of a tube 1 having an external thread 2 at one end and aninternal thread 8 at its opposite end. ii split head consisting of theparts 4t and 5 and threaded at one end 6 is adapted to engage in thethreaded portion 8 of the tube 1 as indicated. The said head is providedwith one or more outlet passages 7 and a central perforation 8 throughwhich a winding stem 9, com monly called a piping stem, is adapted toengage.

A flexible tube 10 having a threaded portion 11 is adapted to engageupon the threaded end 2 of the drying member 1 and affords a means ofdirecting or supplying hot air from the distributing drum or head 19 towhich it is connected as at 13.

The said distributing head 12 is provided with a plurality of outlets 14which are adapted to be connected to one or more drying members 1 asindicated and described. The various outlets 14 which are not in use maybe closed by means of suitable caps 15 and washers 16.

The air is led to the distributing head from its source by means of themain or conductor 17 which is connected to any suitable heating element18 and any suitable (The location and arrangement of the air heating anddriving mechanism 18 and 19 is diagrammatical and is not shown in detailas any suitable means for heating and driving the air may be employed.)

The winding or piping stem 9 to be used in conjunction with our devicemay consist of a hollow, slightly tapered perforated metal tube and afunnel shaped end piece 20 adapted to engage upon the end of the ipingstem 9 as indicated in Figs. 2, 6 and g The end piece 20 is furtherformed with prongs or centering legs 21 whose function is obvious; whilethe form of piping stem shown in the drawings may be used in conjunctionwith our device it is not essential, to the proper working of theapparatus, that a piping stem of this particular con struction beemployed asany piping stem whether hollow, with or without perforations,or solid may be used with equal success.

One part 4 of the split head, hereinbefore described is provided withdowels 22 which engage in corresponding holes 23 in the part 5 and actto hold the two parts of the split head together in proper alinement.

In operation, the hair, having been moistened, is wound upon the stem 9and held thereon at one end by means of the split head parts 4 and 5 andat the other end by means of athread or suitable band. The drying member1 having been connected to the distributing drum 12 by means of theflexible tube 10, the stem 9 is inserted within the drying member 1 andthe split head screwed tightly in place; the funnel shaped end piece 20is placed upon the end of stem 9 before same is inserted within thedrying member. The air driving and heating mechanism is then set inmotion and causes a hot current of air to pass rapidly through thedrying chamber to dry the hair.

The distributing drum is preferably located above the head of the personbeing operated upon when said person is seated in the operating chairand may be suspended or held in that position by any approved means. Aregulation hair drying device such as are commonly used in hair dressingemporiums may be used in connection with our device. The air heatingelement may be located within the drum and the air driving mechanism maybe located at a distance therefrom or both may be located within thedrum and the heating means may be of any approved method, electric orotherwise.

The drying member and the split head and its parts are preferably madeof heat insulating material.

It is obvious that we may embody various modifications to our devicewithout departing from the spirit of our invention, we do not thereforewish to limit ourselves to the particular construction shown.

That we do claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a hairdrying and waving apparatus, a drying chamber open at both ends andadapted to inclose a winding stem having hair wound thereon and meansfor causin a current of heated air to pass the said drying chamber.

5; through wearer 2. In a hair drying and waving apparatus, a dryingchamber having inlet and outlet passages and adapted to engage a winding stem having hair wound thereon and means for forcing heated airunder pressure through the said drying chamber.

3. In a hair drying and waving apparatus, an elongated drying memberopen at both ends, a hollow, perforated, winding stem adapted to engagewithin said drying member and means for rapidly driving hot air throughthe said drying member.

4. In a hair drying and waving apparatus, an elongated drying memberopen at both ends, a hollow, perforated, winding stem adapted to engagewithin said drying member, a split member engaging upon one end of, thesaid drying member and adapted to hold the winding stem with the hairupon it within the said drying member, and means for rapidly driving hotair through the said drying member.

5. In a hair drying and waving apparatus, an elongated drying memberopen at both ends, a hollow, perforated, winding stem adapted to engagewithin said drying member, a funnel shaped member attached to the innerend of said winding stem and adapted to lead the hot air into the saidwinding stem, and means for rapidly driving hot air through the dryingmember.

6. In a hair drying and waving aparatus, an elongated drying member openat both ends, a hollow, perforated winding stem adapted to engage withinsaid drying member, means for centering the inner end of said windingstem within the said drying member, and means for rapidly driving hotair through the drying member.

Signed at New York, in the county of Kings and State of New York, this13th day of December, A. D. 1916.

HANNAH JACOBS. HARRY JACOBS. lVitnesses S. S. SUGAR, CHAS. W. Serra.

